Tick Tock

"If a clock counted down to the moment you meet your soulmate, would you want to know?"

She pulled her sleeve down over her clock, glancing nervously at the crowd around her. She noticed a boy with dark hair and icy-blue eyes looking around the crowd frantically. Should she approach him? Oh, but what if he was just looking for one of his friends? That would be so awkward... Maybe she would just stay here. She stood where she was, her hands folded in front of her as she stood around awkwardly. She saw the girl approaching him, and her heart began pounding. What if he actually was her soul mate? What if that girl was one of the Transgressors and she was trying to take him away? She took off running, pushing her way through the crowd. Her clock began making odd noises, but no one around her seemed to notice. She looked down at it, taken aback. It was buzzing repeatedly, and counting back up...